Performance Review
Below is the one year performance of the stock on our watch list from May 8, 2015:
| symbol | Name | 2015 | 2016 | % chg |
| GRMN | Garmin Ltd. | 45.94 | 42.25 | -8.03% |
| FOSL | Fossil Group, Inc. | 79.62 | 27.83 | -65.05% |
| KLAC | KLA-Tencor Corporation | 59.8 | 72.7 | 21.57% |
| FOXA | Twenty-First Century Fox | 32.79 | 28.85 | -12.02% |
| NWSA | News Corporation | 15.14 | 11.93 | -21.20% |
| AMAT | Applied Materials, Inc. | 19.69 | 24.28 | 23.31% |
| NTAP | NetApp, Inc. | 35.65 | 25.45 | -28.61% |
| SNDK | SanDisk Corp. | 67.72 | 76.18 | 12.49% |
| MU | Micron Technology, Inc. | 27.18 | 12.63 | -53.53% |
| FAST | Fastenal Company | 42.72 | 45.99 | 7.65% |
| ALXN | Alexion Pharmaceuticals | 163.02 | 151.12 | -7.30% |
| WYNN | Wynn Resorts Ltd. | 117.84 | 96.81 | -17.85% |
| DTV | DIRECTV | 89.38 | 93.55 | 4.67% |
| DISCA | Discovery Communications | 31.33 | 27.88 | -11.01% |
The performance of the Watch List from last year averaged a loss of –11.06% which was well below the Nasdaq 100 Index change of +1.71% over the same period of time. The stock that gained the most was Applied Material (AMAT) while the stock that declined the most was Fossil Group (FOSL) with a loss of –65.05%.
Analysts were able to accurately forecast the general direction of 71% of the watch list stocks, a fairly high level of success not normally seen.
